TEXAS · WELLS · MIDLAND COUNTY · JAMES "29" LEASE · API 42-329-36617 · DISTRICT 7B
James 29 #3
Midland County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
James 29 #3 (API 42-329-36617) is a plugged well in Midland County, plugged February 4, 2025, last operated by Diamondback E&P LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 20, 2010, permitted to 11,500 ft.
It was permitted by Energen Resources Corporation and has since transferred to Diamondback E&P LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Spraberry, Wolfcamp, Cline, Strawn.
Its lease has reported 130K barrels of oil and 207K mcf of gas since October 2001, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Energen Resources Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- May 4, 2026
- Permits on file
- 5,243
- Phone
- (432) 221-7400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Diamondback E&P LLC |
| Production reports | Diamondback E&P LLCthrough May 2021 |
| Latest permit | Energen Resources CorporationMay 20, 2010 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 20, 2010
- last permit issued
- May 17, 2022
- completed
- 130K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 207K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 2001 THROUGH May 2021
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 17, 2022
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 4, 2025
Surface location
No coordinates on the permit record yet. The RRC's GIS record usually lands within days of issuance; historical master-file permits never carry one.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026
Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the lease this well is completed on; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James "29" O-10-36752 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Diamondback E&P LLC | 4 | 130K | 207K | Oct 2001 – May 2021 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Energen Resources CorporationOct 2001 → Jan 2019
- 2Diamondback E&P LLCFeb 2019 → Apr 2021
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 695974-99 | Drill | Energen Resources Corporation | May 13, 2010 | May 20, 2010 | Jul 19, 2010 | 11,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2022 | James 29 O-10-36752 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Diamondback E&P LLC | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,727 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,730 | 8,117 | Perforated |
| 8,300 | 8,685 | Perforated |
| 8,906 | 9,134 | Perforated |
| 9,232 | 9,434 | Perforated |
| 9,754 | 10,029 | Perforated |
| 10,084 | 10,219 | Perforated |
| 10,254 | 10,285 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 451 | 17.5 | 500 S |
| 8.625 | 5,426 | 11 | 1,500 S |
| 4.5 | 10,452 | 7.875 | 1,800 S |
Completion filings
W-2 and G-1 reports on record in the RRC wellbore file, newest first. The suffix identifies the wellbore or completion event. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Nov 8, 2023 | Sep 26, 2023 | — |
| 00 | Mar 2, 2012 | Jun 20, 2011 | Yes |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Jul 9, 2012. Neutron. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEUTRON POROSITYSpans Spraberry, Wolfcamp, Cline, Strawn | TIFF | 5,000 to 10,413 | Jul 9, 2012run Aug 18, 2010 | 2.76 |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
The source documents
Petrora holds the structured record. The scanned filings live at the RRC; these links open its search already filled in for this API.
- Wellbore filings for 42-329-36617 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-329-36617 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search for it.
About this data
Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wellbore and operator of record from the EWA schedule, weekly; completions, formation tops, casing, and perforations from the dbf900 wellbore file; production from PDQ lease reports, which lag two to three months; injection from UIC permits, H-10 reports, and TexNet daily volumes; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog.
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